Perks and various items such as robes can also reduce the Magicka cost of spells as well as increasing the rate at which Magicka regenerates. Effects that increase spell potency are rarer and for the most part only obtainable through potions. 'Dual casting', i.e. equipping and casting a spell with both hands, increases the Magicka cost of the spell but also produces a stronger effect (damage and/or duration, depending on the spell).

The player may find it lucrative to take their robes to the College of Winterhold as early as possible. While not being insurmountable, should you aim to fulfill the College's Quests at higher levels without significant practice in your magic disciplines of choice, the enemies you'll face might not be easily or readily vanquished by employing your mystical means only.

You will later gain one of the more powerful and rare robes in the game after defeating a certain quest at the college. This robe is helpful for those wanting to enhance more than one of their spell types (ex: Destruction, etc).

The Mage Stone, which increases the learning speed of magical talents by 20%, is very helpful for this quest line.

Spells in Skyrim are learned by reading Spell Tomes. Selecting a tome from the player's inventory adds the spell to the Magic menu and destroys the tome. Spells are classified by levels (Novice, Apprentice, etc) but may be cast by the player regardless of skill provided the player has sufficient magicka.

Two aspects to reinforcing magic include fortifying magicka (increasing the pool of magicka a player has) and fortifying the regeneration rate of magicka. It is important to note that magicka regeneration is severely lower during combat; thus, increasing the amount of magicka could be a more useful path.

Spell Tomes stocked by vendors and randomly generated as loot from dungeons will be appropriate to the player's skill level (for example, Adept level spells become available when the player's skill reaches 45-50). Most vendors' stock of tomes seems randomly selected, though vendors at the College of Winterhold will typically offer the full selection of spells up to the player's current skill level.

Destruction Spells consist mainly of three elements: Fire, Frost, and Shock. Each spell has their own perks when causing damage. Fire spells can set enemies on fire, doing more damage per second. Frost spells cause damage to both Health and Stamina. Shock spells cause damage to Health and half damage to Magicka.